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James de la Bye, Merchant of Amiens Bye James King and council Merchant of Amiens...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/37/1823

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Reference
SC 8/37/1823
Date
[1311-1320]
Description
Petitioners
James de la Bye, Merchant of Amiens
Name(s)
Bye, James
Addressees
King and council
Occupation
Merchant of Amiens
Nature of request
Bye states that Lynn and Vaus received a sum from him as a loan to the king. He requests that he be paid or that it be allowed in the new customs.
Nature of endorsement
Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons that if they find by the accounts that the king was served of it, let the king be certified.
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire]
People mentioned
Henry de Lynn, collector of the new customs in Southampton
John de Vaus, collector of the new customs in Southampton
Note
The petition cannot be dated any more closely than the range of dates 1311-20 which were those years when Lynn and Vaus were collectors at Southampton (CFR 1307-19, p.70; CFR 1319-27, p.22).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1301
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062025/

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